Oil Palm Pest

The complete life cycle of Metisa plana is approximately three months, whereas the life cycles of Pteroma pendula and Mahasena corbetti are about 40 days and four months, respectively.

The rhinoceros beetle has been a major pest of oil palms since the 1990s, and it can be found in all of Malaysia’s states.

Termites are social insect that live in small to large colonies, a colony in some species containing almost a million or more individuals.

The life cycle consists of five larval stages, where each stage is differentiated by size and body length.